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i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could hear the engine of the plane changing rpms and it just happened so fast. i thought he was coming in on top of us. instead, he missed us by about 100 feet and went out into the box area in front of us. >> and there was no fireball as a result, right? >> no. i was sort of surprised p you know, we are all kind of like a deer in the headlights. i have been coming to the air races for over 20 years. as a matter of fa...

known as the gal long ghost. the pilot, mr. leeward, was competing at the national championship air races and air show at the reno stead airport. witnesses say his plane was about 400 to 500 feet in the air when it nosedived. the regional medical center confirm it had has received a total of 21 parents so far. joining me now is fred schultz, he witnessed the crash, a pilot himself. fred, what did you see? >> well, what i seen, we looked up above the grandstands and he was in trouble an...

i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could hear the engine of the plane changing rpms and it just happened so fast. i thought he was coming in on top of us. instead, he missed us by about 100 feet and went out into the box area in front of us. >> and there was no fireball as a result, right? >> no. i was sort of surprised p you know, we are all kind of like a deer in the headlights. i have been coming to the air races for over 20 years. as a matter of fa...

bare bones bargain. if not, payments to critters, bill payments, you name it, there is not enough income to cover all that. every month we come up $125 billion short. if we cannot borrow to bridge the cap, 40% of the monthly obligations could not be paid, and that could include social security checks due to go out on august 3rd. the stakes we just laid out are monumental, so both sides have to give ground and risk their jobs for the good of the country. what is so hard about that, righ...

His own family members? and matthew chad takes us up on a mission to keep allied aircraft in the air over libya. >> what we have is in the area where the plume operator does the business. the back of the plane. you can see just over here another f-16 fighter plane. is attempting to [ male announcer ] if youre only brushing, add listerine® total care

On his belly in a cramped pod in the aircraft tail. were right in the area where the boom operator does the business. its at the back of the plane. you can see gist over here another f-16 fighter plane is attempting to receive them. take a look. the libyan conflicts may seem a long way down. but this precise high altitude maneuver is having a die recollect impact. >> are they all united states f-16s? >> today. yes. not to say we couldnt refuel f-16s from the coalition partners. >> but this time ...

Fighter plane which itself cost $31 million. the defense department placed the cost going forward at $40 million per month. so clearly, bret, none of this comes cheaply. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. world powers agreed to consider additional sanctions against gaddafis regime but did not discuss arming the rebels. seeking to remove him from power. senior correspondent rick leventhal who spent three weeks on the ground in libya explains why the rebels could use all...

Fighter plane which itself cost $31 million. the defense department placed the cost going forward at $40 million per month. so clearly, bret, none of this comes cheaply. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. world powers agreed to consider additional sanctions against gaddafis regime but did not discuss arming the rebels. seeking to remove him from power. senior correspondent rick leventhal who spent three weeks on the ground in libya explains why the rebels could use all...

Nbc news has just confirmed that a french fighter jet has shot down a libby yan warplane. jim, what do you have here? >> a french pilot radioed back to the command that he had shot down a libyan fighter plane either in or around the scene of some of the heaviest fighting between libya and rebel forces over the past three or four days. u.s. officials have not had this confirmed and are being very cautious about the circumstances surrounding this. but the report is that a french pilot radioed in a...

More than 212 missions so far against the libyan forces. ships in the mediterranean has launched more than 160 tomahawk cruise missiles. in the daylight the damage is becoming clear. this is what is left of several large rocket launchers, trucks and also other military hardware in tripolis port area. far to the east, a u.s. fighter plane crashed due to mechanical problems. that happened near the opposition strong hold of bengahzi. the two-man crew parachuted from the doomed aircraft. u.s. marine...